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Old 04-02-2008, 07:31 PM   #6
Dark Stranger
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Re: Did my physician violate HIPAA regulations?

I have never signed anything since seeing this doctor (I started going to him about a year ago because my previous doctor liked to medicate me for illnesses I didn't have). As I'd said, the things he called my mother about were pretty menial, so I don't mind it quite as much. Also, my mother has called him on my behalf, so he most likely assumed that he could call her on my behalf.

Based on what his secretary told me and what my mom told me, I believe what he called my mother about was to tell her he intended to give me a prescription for an albuterol inhaler, which my mother told him did not help my cough. But this doctor has some sort of selective hearing because when his secretary called me back, his first suggestion as far as a treatment was to put me back on albuterol. It was even written in my chart that it was ineffective in treating my coughing. Don't ask me why I have not changed doctors. Either that, or he called her to clarify I was, in fact, sick, and not trying to score meds to abuse or sell.

I don't really want to raise a stink about this because what happened wasn't anything major and my mother works at this hospital where most of the employees know one another and I don't want to make her look bad. I was just wondering if my doctor violated anything by taking my medical concerns to my mother rather than calling me first.
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Old 04-03-2008, 12:27 PM   #7
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Re: Did my physician violate HIPAA regulations?

You might also consider if the doctor even knew that you were "an adult". And yes, I know that it is in your records, but as fast as they see patients these days, they don't always look at your DOB. You might just cut him some slack and chalk it up to his age and your age. If this is the worst thing that you ever have happen to you in a doctors office, you will be lucky! Just take it as a learning experience. At least he treated you!
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